Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
- E. Elias Merhige
- Jamie Christopher
- Edward Brett
- Danuta Skarszewska
- Laurence Rexter-Baker
- Lee Cleary
- Steven Katz
Rating: 6.666/10 by 572 users
Alternative Title:
La sombra del vampiro - ES
Тень вампира - RU
Country:
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Deutsch
Runtime: 01 hour 35 minutes
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $8,279,017
Plot Keyword: vampire, movie business, nosferatu
Did I kill one of your people, Murnau? I can't remember. F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is filming Nosferatu (1922), but isn't reclusive star Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) taking his role of the vampire way too seriously? In some ways it's a curate's egg of a film. It certainly helps if you are a lover of old classic film and have some knowledge of the source material at the film's core. It's a fabulous concept that the screenplay is based around, that the star of the film may actually be a real vampire, and the whole production is executed with consummate skill (Dafoe was deservedly Oscar nominated as were make-up artists Ann Buchanan & Amber Sibley). But come the end it fizzles out and proves to not have delivered on its devilishly intriguing premise. Fun, though, and tech credits all round keep one well involved. 6/10
